Using Pitch IQ

Updated January 21, 2019 01:42

What's in it for you

Mastering your pitches will make you feel confident when delivering them to prospects. With Pitch IQ, you can practice as much as you want to find what works best for you. Once you’ve done a few drafts and feel like you’ve nailed the pitch, you can publish it for peer review. Feedback on your clarity, knowledge, confidence, enthusiasm, and goal achievement will be provided by your peers, vice versa, to allow for continual improvement.

Key features

Demonstrate your knowledge by recording your pitch

Provide feedback for your peers on their pitches

Receive feedback from your peers and admin on your pitch

You need this to succeed

A device with video and audio recording

A LearnCore learner account

If the Pitch IQ type is Screen Capture, a user will be required to use Google Chrome as their browser on the Web app

To record and submit your Pitch IQ submission from the mobile app, navigate to the course you’re working on then tap Pitch IQ in the course menu. The pitch format may be one of the following, as chosen by your admin:

Webcam- You will use your device's camera to record your pitch with video and audio, including all your verbal and nonverbal communication cues.

Audio - You will record just audio accessing your mobile device's microphone.

Write - Provide your pitch by typing in a text box.

For a Webcam Pitch IQ, when you open the section you'll see details such as the target pitch length, passing score, and your score.

When you’re ready, tap Create Pitch. You may see a message pop up that will say “LearnCore Would Like to Access the Camera”. Tap Ok. Now a message will pop up to say “LearnCore Would Like to Access the Microphone”, tap Ok.

To Start Recording, tap the green button at the bottom of the screen and deliver your best pitch. When you’re done, hit Stop Recording.

Choose to Re-Record,Save Draft or Submit your Pitch. If you choose to re-record, you will lose the previous pitch if it hasn’t been saved as a draft.

When you tap Submit on your Pitch IQ, you’ll be brought to the Collaborate tab. Here, you’ll see your peer’s pitches and have to an opportunity to review them.

Tap the name of the person’s pitch you’d like to review. Watch and/or listen to their pitch. Using the sliding toggle scales, review the pitch on the criteria given.

When you’re done, tap Score Pitch.

Leaderboards

To view other pitches that have already been reviewed, select the Leaderboard tab on the bottom right. The Leaderboard will only show pitches that have met or exceeded the passing score.

Tap a peer's name to see their pitch. You can also see their average score and how they were reviewed by category.

See how it's done on Android

Record your pitch

To record and submit your Pitch IQ submission from the mobile app, navigate to the course you’re working on then tap Pitch IQ in the course menu. The pitch format may be one of the following, as chosen by your admin:

Webcam- You will use your device's camera to record your pitch with video and audio, including all your verbal and nonverbal communication cues.

Audio - You will record just audio accessing your device's microphone.

Write - Provide your pitch by writing in a text box.

For a Webcam pitch submission, you'll see information on target pitch length, required passing score, and your score when you open the pitch section. When you’re ready, tap Create Pitch. You may see a message pop up that will say “Allow LearnCore to take pictures and record Video?” Tap Allow. Now a message will pop up to say “Allow LearnCore to record audio?” Tap Allow.

To start recording, tap the red record button at the bottom of the screen and deliver your best pitch. When you’re done, hit Stop.

Choose Retry to rerecord your pitch, or Ok to save. If you choose Ok, you will be brought back to the Pitch screen where you can choose to Re-Record, Save Draft, or Submit.

When you hit Submit on your Pitch IQ, you’ll be brought to the Collaborate tab. Here, you’ll see your peer’s pitches and have to an opportunity to review them.

Collaborate with your peers

To review your peer's Pitch IQ submissions, select the Collaborate tab on the bottom center. Tap the name of the person’s pitch you’d like to review. Watch and/or listen to their pitch.

Using the sliding toggle scales, review the pitch on the criteria given. When you’re done, select Score Pitch.

Leaderboards

To view other pitches that have already been reviewed, select the Leaderboard tab on the bottom right. The Leaderboard will only show pitches that have met or exceeded the passing score.

Tap a peer's name to see their pitch. You can also see their average score and how they were reviewed by category.

A pitch information box will open where you will see the Target Time of how long the pitch should be, the Score you’re aiming for, and the Scoring Criteria and Goal. Once you’ve read the information, click Got It.

Depending on how your admin configured the Pitch IQ, you will have various ways to complete them, involving video and audio. Most commonly, for the webcam pitch, you’ll see your camera has turned on and you can click Record when you’re ready. Do your best pitch, then hit Stop. If this is your first time using Pitch IQ, a browser message will appear asking to access to your camera and microphone. Choose to Allow.

Alternatively, your pitch format may be one of the following:

Voice Over - You will add commentary to a static piece of content such as a powerpoint or PDF. You will use your built-in camera and/or microphone.

Upload - You will upload a video you’ve created outside of LearnCore. For videos, the accepted file types are .mp4, .mov, .wmv, .avi, and .webm

Audio Only Upload - You will upload an audio file you've created outside of LearnCore. For audio, the accepted file types are .mp3, .mpeg3, .wav, and .x-wav

Audio - You will record just audio accessing your computer's microphone. This is also possible using your mobile device.

Write - Provide your pitch in a text box.

Screen Capture - Most commonly used for demo purposes, here you will select a screen, browser, or application to record. This will access your camera and/or microphone. Screen capture requires you to be using Google Chrome Screencastify extension and is not available on LearnCore mobile apps. Read about how to record screen capture Pitch IQs here.

When you’re done recording your pitch, as soon as you hit Stop, it will replay. Watch it through to ensure the video and/or audio quality is good, then Re-record, Save draft, or Submit your pitch. You may see all or only some of these options, depending on your admin’s set up.

Re-recording your pitch will delete your currently recorded draft. If you save the pitch as a draft, it will show up on the right side of your page under Saved Drafts. You can only submit one pitch per course, so once you have a pitch that you feel confident submitting based on the scoring criteria and goal, click Submit.

Review your peers Pitch IQ submissions

After you submit your Pitch IQ, you may move on to the Collaborate tab where you can review your peer’s pitches.

Click on the video you’d like to review. Watch the pitch, then use the slider toggles on the right side to score it for qualities chosen by your admin such as Clarity, Knowledge, Confidence, Enthusiasm, or Goal Achieved. Once you’ve reviewed all the criteria, hit Submit. You will have the option to update your score.

To move to the next pitch for review, click Next Pitch.

Understanding your reviews

Click Reviews Received to see how your pitch was rated by peers or your admin panel.

Using the drop-down menu under Review Type, select Pitch IQ Panel, or Peer. This will determine who’s reviews you’re seeing. You may receive written feedback from your Pitch IQ Panel reviewers, but your peers will only be able to rate you based off the selected criteria using the toggle sliders.